Aboriginal Studies
Explore Aboriginal Studies: Learning strands; Contexts. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Year 10 → Year 11 & 12 · South Australia
SACE subject selection
Not sure which subjects you want to do? Find out what you’ll learn, how you’ll be assessed and what the work is like. Compare your options, then build a plan to discuss with your school.
Explore Stage 1 and Stage 2 subjects, credits and assessment styles before making your SACE plan.
Find subjects that interest you
No idea what to choose yet? Start anywhere. Read what you’ll learn, look at the assessments, try a sample, then add subjects you want to consider.
58 subjects shown.
Interest and work-style filters are editorial discovery aids, not aptitude or workload ratings.
Accounting
Explore Accounting: Accounting practice and accounting activities; Accounting concepts and conventions. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Activating Identities and Futures
Explore Activating Identities and Futures through the learning outline and official course information. This subject is included independently of paid resource availability.
Agricultural Production
Explore Agricultural Production: Science Inquiry Skills; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Agricultural Systems
Explore Agricultural Systems: Science Inquiry Skills; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Agriculture
Explore Agriculture: Science Inquiry Skills; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Ancient Studies
Explore Ancient Studies: Inquiry skills; Ancient societies and cultures for study. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Arabic (continuers)
Explore Arabic (continuers): Themes, Topics, and Subtopics; The Individual. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Auslan (continuers)
Explore Auslan (continuers): Concepts, perspectives, topics and subtopics; Concepts. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Australian Languages — Additional Language
Explore Australian Languages — Additional Language: Self and community; [Additional Language] community. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Australian Languages — First Language
Explore Australian Languages — First Language: Self; Family. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Australian Languages — Revival Language
Explore Australian Languages — Revival Language: [Revival language]; Language-revival processes. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Biology
Explore Biology: Science Inquiry Skills; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Business Innovation
Explore Business Innovation: Contexts; Start-up business. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Chemistry
Explore Chemistry: Stage 1; Stage 2. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Child Studies
Explore Child Studies: Area of Study 1: The Nature of Childhood and the Socialisation and Development of Children; Area of Study 2: Children in Wider Society. Compare the published stage content and assessment …
Creative Arts
Explore Creative Arts: Creative Arts Process; Development and Production. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Cross-disciplinary Studies
Explore Cross-disciplinary Studies: Step 1: Defining the Learning Interest; Step 2: Applying Knowledge and Skills to Develop the Learning Interest. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories …
Dance
Explore Dance: Understanding dance; Creating dance. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Digital Technologies
Explore Digital Technologies: Focus area 1: Programming; Focus area 2: Advanced programming. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Drama
Explore Drama: Company and Performance; Understanding and Responding to Drama. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Earth and Environmental Science
Explore Earth and Environmental Science: Science Inquiry Skills; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Economics
Explore Economics: Thinking like an economist; Markets in action. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
English
Explore English: Responding to texts; Creating texts. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
English as an Additional Language
Explore English as an Additional Language: Communication skills and strategies; Comprehension skills and strategies. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
English Literary Studies
Explore English Literary Studies: Responding to texts; Shared studies. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Essential English
Explore Essential English: Responding to texts; Creating texts. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Essential Mathematics
Explore Essential Mathematics: Programming; Topic 1: Calculations, time, and ratio. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Exploring Identities and Futures
Explore Exploring Identities and Futures through the learning outline and official course information. This subject is included independently of paid resource availability.
Food and Hospitality
Explore Food and Hospitality: Area of Study 1: Food, the Individual, and the Family; Area of Study 2: Local and Global Issues in Food and Hospitality. Compare the published stage content and assessment categori…
General Mathematics
Explore General Mathematics: Programming; Topic 1: Investing and borrowing. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Geography
Explore Geography: Geographical skills; Themes and topics. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Health and Wellbeing
Explore Health and Wellbeing: Health determinants. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Information Processing and Publishing
Explore Information Processing and Publishing: The Design Process; Topics. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Korean (continuers)
Explore Korean (continuers): Themes, topics, and subtopics; The Individual. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Language and Culture
Explore Language and Culture: Areas of Study; Areas of Study. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Legal Studies
Explore Legal Studies: Learning requirements; Concepts. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Mathematical Methods
Explore Mathematical Methods: Calculus; Statistics. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Mathematics
Explore Mathematics: Programming; Topic 1: Functions and graphs. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Media Studies
Explore Media Studies: Topics; Key Media Concepts. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Modern History
Explore Modern History: Skills of Historical Inquiry; Topic 1: Imperialism. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Music Explorations
Explore Music Explorations: Understanding Music; Creating Music. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Music Performance – Ensemble
Explore Music Performance – Ensemble: Understanding music; Performing music. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Music Performance — Solo
Explore Music Performance — Solo: Understanding Music; Performing Music. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Music Studies
Explore Music Studies: Understanding Music; Creating Music. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Nutrition
Explore Nutrition: Science Inquiry Skills; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Philosophy
Explore Philosophy: Philosophical Issues, Philosophical Inquiry Skills, and Community of Inquiry; Philosophical Inquiry Skills. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Physical Education
Explore Physical Education: Focus Area 1: In movement; Focus Area 2: Through movement. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Physics
Explore Physics: Stage 1; Stage 2. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Politics, Power and People
Explore Politics, Power and People: Compulsory theme: Understanding how politics works; Option themes. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Psychology
Explore Psychology: Science Inquiry Skills; Possible teaching considerations. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Research Practices
Explore Research Practices: Areas of Study; Exploring Research Approaches. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Scientific Studies
Explore Scientific Studies: Understanding of Scientific Concepts; Science as a Human Endeavour. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Society and Culture
Explore Society and Culture: Topics; Key Skills of Social Inquiry. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Specialist Mathematics
Explore Specialist Mathematics: Topic 1: Mathematical induction; Subtopic 1.1: Proof by mathematical induction. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Spiritualities, Religion, and Meaning
Explore Spiritualities, Religion, and Meaning: Growth, belonging, and flourishing; Community, justice, and diversity. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Tourism
Explore Tourism: Themes; Topics. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
Workplace Practices
Explore Workplace Practices: Area of Study 1: Industry and Work Knowledge; Topic 1: Future Trends in the World of Work. Compare the published stage content and assessment categories before choosing.
How SACE subject selection works
Year 11 and Year 12 structure
Stage 1 → Stage 2 credits
Completing the certificate
200 credits with compulsory EIF, literacy, numeracy and AIF, plus the required Stage 2 credits and grades.
Considering an ATAR?
A permissible 90-credit combination, including three 20-credit TAS results and a 30-credit flexible option. Certificate completion alone is not ATAR eligibility.
What does scaling mean?
Use SATAC subject evidence. An aggregate-to-ATAR table is not a subject scaling table.
Scaling compares results across cohorts. It does not tell you whether you will enjoy a subject or how much effort you will need. Historical numbers are labelled by year and statistic in each subject profile.
Can I change my subjects?
Stage and credit choices need school approval and must meet the current SACE enrolment calendar.
What if I do not know my career?
Start with subject content, sample work and your interests. Keep a few options to discuss rather than trying to predict your career now. Course prerequisites are an optional check for exact courses, institutions and entry years.
What about vocational or non-ATAR study?
An ATAR is one pathway. Ask your school about VET, apprenticeships, traineeships, certificate requirements and other tertiary entry pathways. Choose the non-ATAR option in your plan to keep certificate planning separate from ATAR checks.
Common questions
What do I need to complete SACE?
200 credits with compulsory EIF, literacy, numeracy and AIF, plus the required Stage 2 credits and grades.
How does scaling work for SACE?
Use SATAC subject evidence. An aggregate-to-ATAR table is not a subject scaling table.
Can I change my SACE subjects?
Stage and credit choices need school approval and must meet the current SACE enrolment calendar.
Find more official subjects and course versions
Subjects are worth considering whether or not we sell resources for them. SACE subjects, stages and subject outlines. Confirm your school’s actual offerings and the implementation year.
Browse the imported official course directory (115 entries)
These source links include courses awaiting a full information profile. New and upcoming versions may appear together; do not assume a publication year is the teaching start year.
- Aboriginal Studies
- Accounting
- Activating Identities and Futures
- Agriculture
- Agricultural Production
- Agricultural Systems
- Ancient Studies
- Arabic (continuers)
- Armenian (continuers)
- Auslan (continuers)
- Australian Languages — Additional Language
- Australian Languages — Revival Language
- Australian Languages — First Language
- Bengali (continuers)
- Biology
- Bosnian (continuers)
- Business Innovation
- Chemistry
- Child Studies
- Chinese (background speakers)
- Chinese (beginners)
- Chinese (continuers)
- Chin Hakha (continuers)
- Community Connections
- Community Studies
- Creative Arts
- Cross-disciplinary Studies
- Dance
- Design, Technology and Engineering
- Digital Technologies
- Drama
- Dutch (continuers)
- Earth and Environmental Science
- Economics
- English
- English as an Additional Language
- English Literary Studies
- Essential English
- Essential Mathematics
- Exploring Identities and Futures (EIF)
- Filipino (continuers)
- Food and Hospitality
- French (beginners)
- French (continuers)
- General Mathematics
- Geography
- German (beginners)
- German (continuers)
- Health and Wellbeing
- Hebrew (continuers)
- Hindi (continuers)
- Hungarian (continuers)
- Indonesian (background speakers)
- Indonesian (beginners)
- Indonesian (continuers)
- Industry Connections
- Information Processing and Publishing
- Integrated Learning
- Italian (beginners)
- Italian (continuers)
- Japanese (background speakers)
- Japanese (beginners)
- Japanese (continuers)
- Karen (continuers)
- Khmer (continuers)
- Korean (background speakers)
- Korean (beginners)
- Korean (continuers)
- Language and Culture
- Languages (national continuers)
- Legal Studies
- Mathematical Methods
- Mathematics
- Media Studies
- Modern Greek (beginners)
- Modern Greek (continuers)
- Modern History
- Modified Subjects
- Music
- Music Explorations
- Music Performance – Ensemble
- Music Performance – Solo
- Music Studies
- Nepali (continuers)
- Nutrition
- Outdoor Education
- Persian (continuers)
- Philosophy
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Polish (continuers)
- Politics, Power and People
- Portuguese (continuers)
- Psychology
- Punjabi (continuers)
- Research Practices
- Russian (continuers)
- Scientific Studies
- Serbian (continuers)
- Sinhala (continuers)
- Society and Culture
- Spanish (beginners)
- Spanish (continuers)
- Specialist Mathematics
- Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning
- Swedish (continuers)
- Tamil (continuers)
- Tourism
- Turkish (continuers)
- Vietnamese (background speakers)
- Vietnamese (continuers)
- Visual Arts — Art
- Visual Arts — Design
- Women's Studies
- Workplace Practices
Subject information coverage
This release includes 58 subject profiles for SACE, combining existing subject guides with separately sourced official courses. It is not a school’s offering list or a claim that every accredited subject has a complete profile. Check source versions and verification notes within each profile.
See source policy, coverage and known limits. No subject is excluded because it lacks paid resources.
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